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Last week, writes Dave Marston, fierce winds fanned multiple wildland fires that roared out of steep canyons, joining other fires that ringed Los Angeles. More than 12,000 homes and businesses burned to the ground, 24 or more residents have died, and thousands of people are now homeless. What's happening in southern California is cataclysmic, and it's also a wakeup call for towns all over the West. In particular—Durango, in southwestern Colorado.

Communities across the country held gatherings and protests ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump. The small mountain town of Paonia held a People’s March on Saturday. For KVNF Marty Durlin

Today marks the 39th observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal and state law and civil society.

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TOP STORY: A citizen’s veto referendum petition regarding Paonia’s new short-term rental ordinance led the town council, by a vote of (3-2), to send the controversial ordinance to the voters this spring in a special election.

The Western Slope effort to acquire major and historic Colorado River water rights will receive up to about $40 million in federal funding, reports the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.

Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.

The students of Mrs Ihnot's Creative Writing join Taya Jae on The Pen and The Sword.

Today we take a mindful look at releasing worry.